2 (formerly 3) grown ups sharing a kitchen in inner city Melbourne. Both determined to eat very well for under $10/meal each. A place to share recipes, stories and cooking tips and, of course, to convert "meal in a box" believers and takeout food regulars

Monday, July 5, 2010

Mee Rebus - "Malaysia Monday 2" And A Blog Event Announcement!

This is my second Malaysian Monday and I can't think of a dish more appropriate to launch our "Muhibbah* Malaysia Monday blog event with. Mee rebus a little known noodle dish outside of Malaysia and Singapore might not share the same limelight as laksa, satay or nasi lemak but it is certainly as delicious, complex and exciting. The choice of using an obscure dish with a rather unimaginative name (mee rebus meaning boiled noodles in Malay) to launch an event is of course not without my valid reasons. This is fusion food at its best and it represents our beautiful and diverse country rather fittingly; using Chinese ingredients (Hokkien noodles, bean sprouts and soya bean paste) typical Malay spices (galangal, turmeric, chillies) and the use of sweet potato in the sauce is evidence of the Indian Muslim's influence (think Indian rojak). This is my first attempt using my nanny Fatimah's family recipe and it tasted just like what she used to cook for me - she would have been proud of me, I think. Terima kasih Kak Timah! Do read on after the recipe to find out more about the blog event I mentioned earlier.

Place blanched noodles and bean sprouts in a bowl, ladle some gravy over and garnish with the toppings. Squeeze some lime over, mix well and enjoy! Aduh! Enak sekali!

Muhibbah* Malaysian Monday Blog Event.

When my fellow blogger friend Shaz from "Test With Skewer" first started her Malaysian Monday posts, it was an attempt to try and get her Mr. Kitchen Hand to eat Malaysian desserts. This then evolved into a little bit of a weekly touch-base between herself, and her roots. Being a loyal reader and a big fan of her Malaysian Monday posts, I emailed Sharon to suggest turning it into a blog event and she was happy to let me jump onto her bandwagon.

So, come one, come all – Malaysian or otherwise. Join us for the Muhibbah Malaysian Monday blog event. The “rules” are pretty simple:

1) ANYONE can join in – you don’t have to be Malaysian.

2) Post anything related to food and Malaysia, on a Monday (you can do a one-off, every week, or anywhere in between). It could be about food, drink, a restaurant review, a cookbook, an interesting ingredient, etc, etc.

3) Send us your name, your post(s) name and post URL by the LAST Wednesday of the month. Please write Muhibbah Monday #X in the subject line. We will pull a photo off your post to use in our round-up. Remember to grab the batch and link it back to us.

4) Shaz (its[dot]sharon[at]gmail[dot]com) and I (sureshchong[at]yahoo[dot]com and will take turns to host, and we will let you know where to send each month’s entry. If you would like to take a turn at hosting, do send us an email. (This month, send all entries to Sharon aka Shaz)

5) On the first Monday of every month, a round up of all the entries will be posted on the host’s blog.

65 comments:

Oh this is the best looking mee rebus I have ever seen and it can't be more appropriate to launch this blog event of yours!I am very excited about this event, can't wait to read about all the delicious food from back home!

Thats it Im making this for sure. ive been looking of a good mee rebus recipe all along and Ive never found one. Al that ive tried were really hopeless. This looks and sounds like the perfect one. I know cos I saw the ingredients! I cant thank you enuf.n your kak timah too :)

I really admire the way you prepare everything from scratch...and you cook curries so often! Really delicious mee rebus you have there and this Malaysian Monday Blog Event sounds like great fun! Looking forward to drooling over the entries:D

the mee rebus looked absolutely fantastic!.And it sure took a lot of pains to cook it from scratch.Here in spore we have plenty of pre-made sauces but though tasty it always leaves a taste that makes the tongue kinda funny. Guess they must have added a whole lot of ajinomoto.....

Your blog makes me so homesick for my mom's cooking! Fantastic Malaysian dishes, so much work, drooling. I found you through Mr. Noodle's blog. I'm visiting London for a family reunion of sorts and want some Malaysian food, what's your fav restaurant?

I noticed in your picture, there is a packet of candlenut, do you actually use it in the ingredients to make the paste? It is also not mention anywhere in the recipe. Btw, i have tried a few of your recipes and they were all yummy and my children love it!Thanks for sharing...

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